Device for binding lobster-claws.



No. 889,238. PATENTED JUNE 2 T. JENSEN.

DEVICE FOR BINDING LOBSTER GLAWS.

APPLIOA TION FILED JAN 26. 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JENSEN, OF KITTELSBUGT, NEAR ARENDAL, NORWAY.

DEVICE FOR BINDING LOBSTER-GLAWS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS JENSEN, mechanician, citizen of Norway, residing at Kittelsbugt, near the city of Arendal, in the Kingdom of Norway, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Device for Binding Lobste nClaws, of which the following is a specification.

When lobsters are transported alive they are very liable to lose their claws and so become considerably depreciated in value. Further the lobster is dangerous while it is free to make use of its claws. It is therefore usual to bind or fasten the claws togetherby means of a housing or a wire. As, however, this operation takes considerable time it is frequently neglected.

This invention has for its object to provide a device, which I term a lobster-binder, so constructed that it can be readily passed over and clamped fast around the claws so that they cannot be opened.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a lobster claw, over or around which a binder is loosely Fig. 2 is a corresponding view, showing the binder drawn, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the binding device itself.

The device consists of two substantially parallel metal wires 1, which are twisted together at two points 2 and -3 and are bent together so as to form a loop or bow, the wire ends being united in a holder 4. In the drawing the holder is shown as a triangular piece, the two sides 5 and 6 of which are bent double so as to form two folds into which the ends of the wires are clamped fast. The wires are prevented from slipping out of the folds by bending their outer ends over the upper edges of the The binding device hereby formed is passed over or around a lobster claw, in such a manner that the part of the binder between the points -2 and 3 and the two parts of which are bent somewhat from each other will be located with one part on each side of the jag 8 which is always found nearthe root of the movable part 9 of the claw. The holder 4: is then turned, whereby Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed' January 25, 1907.

Patented June 2, 1908 Serial No. 354,120.

the wires are successively twisted together directly beneath the holder and are there fore drawn forcibly around both parts of the claw. Finally the holder is cut off by means of a suitable applianceand the twisted wire end 10 is bent in along the side of the claw as shown in Fig. 2. In this manner the device is firmly fastened so that any opening of the jaws is rendered impossible. At the same time the ag 8 prevents the device from being displaced upon the claw. The. device may also be so clamped upon the claw, that the twisted wire end 10 may be bent into the gap 11- between the two parts of the claw so as to be better hidden. It is also understood, that the device, can be made of various dimensions and shapes, to suit all kinds of lobster or similar crustace'a. The device may also be formed of a single metal wire, but the form shown in the drawing is preferred, as the wire is held securely in position by means of the jag 8-.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device for binding together the claws or pincers of lobsters or the like comprising two substantially parallel wires twisted together at substantially diametrically oppo site points of the loop so that the two wires may embrace a jag on the claw and a holder for the free ends of the wire of substantially triangular shape and formed of sheet metal, said holder having two diverging folds for clamping the wire ends, substantially as described.

2. A device for binding to ether the claws or pincers of lobsters or the ike, comprising a wire in the form of a loop adapted to embrace the claws and aholder for the ends of the said wire having folds to clamp-the same, 

